Handkerchief pocket formed with folded corner portion thereof



w. J. TAYLOR 3,1 10,334

TH FOLDED CORNER PORTION THEREOF Nov. 12, 1963 HANDKERCHIEF POCKETFORMED WI Filed Dec. 2l 1961 FIGURE 3.

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WALTER J. TAYLOR BY ATTORNEY 3,1 1,334 Faterited Nov. 12, 1953 3,113,334HANDKERCHEF POCKET FORMED WITH FOLDED CORNER PORTION THEREOF Walter J.Taylor, 2302 S. Early St., Kansas City, Kane. Filed Dec. 21, 1961, Ser.No. 161,315 1 (Ilaim. (Cl. 150-37) This invention relates to ahandkerchief with an improved inexpensive pocket formed from a foldedcorner thereof and provided with a closable slide fastener for accessthereto.

School children often are given coins of money for lunches to bepurchased at or near their schools and often find it ditficult to retaincoins while running, playing and deviating from the required routineusually outlined for them on the Way to their schools. Coins often fallunnoticed from a pocket in the clothing of a person when some otherarticle is removed from the pocket. Young girls often desire to gowithout pocketbooks or handbags and have no pockets in their dressessuitable for retaining coins and bills of money.

3 handkerchief pocket is formed with a folded triangular shape portionof a simulated rectangular shape handkerchief including one cornerthereof, one edge of the triangular shape portion from the fold to thecorner thereof is secured to the major portion of the handkerchief, alongitudinal strip of cloth containing an access opening with a slidefastener has one edge thereof secured to the opposite edge of saidtriangular shape portion, and the remaining edges of said longitudinalstrip are secured to the major portion of the handkerchief to close thepocket for retaining articles.

The economic object of my invention is to use all of the material of thehandkerchief with only the addition of a strip of cloth having a slidefastener accesss opening therein to form a handkerchief with a pockettherein as outlined in the previous paragraph.

Another very important object of my handkerchief with a pocket formedtherein, containing coins, is that if the handkerchief is accidentlyremoved from a pocket or belt on a person, or dropped from the hand, itis quickly noticed, recognized by the size and color thereof, andrecovered with the coins therein by the owner thereof.

This invention will be better understood from the accompanying drawing,this specification, and the claim appended.

In the drawing:

FIGURE 1 is a view illustrating a handkerchief in a simulatedrectangular form.

FIGURE 2 is a view illustrating a handkerchief of a simulatedrectangular form with one triangular shape portion including the cornerthereof folded toward a diagonal opposite corner and secured to themajor portion of the handkerchief forming the improved pocket with thestrip of cloth having an access opening therein and secured thereto.

FIGURE 3 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view taken on lines 33 ofFIGURE 2 with the exception that the pocket and the slide fastener areillustrated open.

A cloth handkerchief 5 is usually shaped to simulate a rectangle. Acloth handkerchief 5 is often distorted from a rectangular shape by theaddition of a hem 6, washing, and ironing thereof. Some clothhandkerchiefs have a finished edge and eliminate the hem. Either type ofhandkerchief is suitable for my invention.

My handkerchief pocket 7 is formed by folding a corner portion 8 of thehandkerchief 5 on the fold line 9 against the major portion 10 of thehandkerchief 5.

The corner portion 8 is of a simulated triangular shape and has onecorner 11 of the handkerchief 5. One edge 12 extends from the corner 11to one end of the fold line 9. The opposite or remaining edge 13 of theconer portion 8 extends from the corner 11 to the opposite end of thefold line 9.

The edge portion 12 is secured, preferably by sewing 14, to the majorportion 11 of the handkerchief 5.

A strip of cloth 15 has the preferable length of the edge 13 of thecorner portion 8 of the handkerchief 5. One longitudinal edge portion 16of the strip of cloth 15 is secured, preferably by sewing 17, to theedge portion 13 from corner 11 to the fold line 9. The remaining edgesof the strip of cloth 15 are secured, preferably by sewing 18, to themajor portion 10 of the handkerchief 5.

The strip of cloth 15 is provided with an access opening 19.Interlocking bars 20 are abutted in parallelism in the opening 19 andare alternately secured to opposite edge portions thereof in the stripof cloth 15.

A slide actuating member 21 is manually operated to lock and interlockthe interlocking bars 28 for access to the pocket 7.

It is obvious from the accompanying drawing and this specification thatcoins or other small articles may be placed in the pocket 7, and thatthe handkerchief will greatly increase the discovery of the locationthereof if it is lost, or dropped from the hand, pocket, or belt of aperson.

I claim:

A handkerchief which is designed to be economically constructed by aminor corner portion thereof folded diagonally against a portion of thehandkerchief to form a pocket, which uniquely permits all of theremaining area of the handkerchief to be normally useful for ahandkerchief; the handkerchief comprising in combination:

(a) a cloth of a simulated square shape,

(b) a minor corner portion of said cloth being folded diagonally towardthe opposite diagonal corner of said cloth relative to the said minorfolded corner portion,

(0) one edge portion of said minor corner portion of said cloth beingsecured to said simulated square,

(d) and the opposite edge portion of said minor corner portion of saidcloth being detachably attached to said cloth.

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